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HUMANS OF DERBS
John Forkin explains how there's so much in Derby.
Can we all just take a second to talk?
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HELP OTHER HUMANS
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HUMAN MEETS HUMANS
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CYCLE HUMAN
We found a high horse. We got on it.
This man spent seven years on a bike!
This guy doesn't live like you. He's too quick to.
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BY JOHN FORKIN (MD, MARKETING DERBY)
WHAT IS THE CONNECTION BETWEEN DERRY, HELSINKI, SEVILLE AND TOKYO? The answer is that the art and authentic culture, emanating from those four cities, has been - and will be - represented here over the next few weeks. Quite suddenly, Derby appears to have become a cultural hub, hosting the best of creative craft from around the world. More on those four cities later, but first I am wondering, what is happening here in this city of innovations and making? I’ll be honest and confess that one of the most frustrating phrases I sometimes hear is the old contention that, “there is nothing to do in Derby’.
things to do and choices to make.
Festival opened at the ever- busy Quad.
My catalyst for this was the Derby Format Photography Festival. A few weeks ago I toured some of the festival venues – an 18th century church, 19th century school and 21st century leisure development – quirky and surprising, a bit like the photos themselves.
By the time the cinemas emptied, the growing Derby Comedy Festival rocked up.
Format is huge. It attracts 100,000 visitors but is it truly representative of what’s happening in Derby or is it an unusual outlier? So, to research this article, I looked at the Visit Derby website’s ‘What’s On’ section. I’m not kidding when I say I was astonished by the volume and variety of up-and-coming activity. The first thing that struck me was the growing number of festivals now based in the city.
Early June brings us the immense Derby Book Festival, quickly being recognised as one of the country’s best. Add to this a whole bag of goodies: the exhibition of the iconic Poppies at the Derby Silk Mill, the Women’s Cricket World Cup, German Bierfest, Derby Beer Festival, Elton John rocking the 3aaa Cricket Ground, the Ramathon, the West End's Graeme of Thrones, and yet, it’s still only June on my search of the Visit Derby list! And so, to my four cities listed above, what have they brought to Derby over the past few weeks? Derry’s inimitable Cara Dillon played the Guildhall Theatre.
How that annoys me. The mere sentence says something about the personality of the teller - someone at best stuck with a perception rooted in the past or, even worse, someone who is intellectually lazy and actually just plain wrong. This very magazine is an innovative attempt at changing perceptions about place. Each month, its content opens our eyes to many of the interesting activities going on right under our nose. I’ve been struck recently by the sheer amount of cultural activity across Derby and 2017 is beginning to look like a golden era of
I’ve already mentioned Format, itself a biennial, but worth noting that it is now the undisputed UK champion and recognised as one of the best in the world. Format is no Johnny-come-lately. It started back in 2004 and has gradually evolved and matured to claim its leading status today. Derby was once a city which might have hosted the odd festival, a couple of weeks of intense hubbub, followed by a fallow period of months, maybe even years, before the next event rolled into town. No more. No sooner had Format started to take down its frames than the Derby Film
Helsinki’s internationally acclaimed Race Horse Company, a wacky circus fusion, performed at the Derby Theatre. Seville’s Ana Morales Company is conducting its Flamenco Edition 2017 at Déda, and the exquisite woodcuttings of Tokyo’s Katsushika Hokusai graced the Derby Museum and Art Gallery. Oh, and if that isn’t enough, New York’s own Sugar Hill Gang and Grandmaster Melle Mel will be playing the Venue in the next few weeks too. Nothing to do in Derby eh? - IN
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ARE YOU HUMAN? BY JACK WILLIAMS (EDITOR, IN)
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IN A TIME OF UTTER PERSONAL CRISIS, WHO DO YOU LEAN ON? IS THERE ANYONE THERE FOR YOU? Often when I walk the streets of Derby, I ask myself this question. It’s not because I’m feeling isolated and alone – I’m incredibly blessed with a brilliant support network – but because it doesn’t take me (or anyone) else long to find another soul gracing our city’s streets seemingly without anyone to prop them up in their time of need. The sight of a cold, often wet and fragile human being sleeping outside is far from uncommon in Derby city centre; just as it is in any other city. Indeed, the regularity with which one sees homeless human beings in our town can erode what should be a shocking sight for a caring, civilised community. I may be wrong, but I’m going to take an educated guess and posit that this sense of remoteness from a life which is much different to mine is not unique to me. Not everyone interacts or sees a need to engage with those who sleep rough (not that anyone’s obliged to do so), because engaging with someone who’s life is drastically opposite to yours is tough. It’s much easier to walk on, to forget, to avoid. The sentiment above brings to mind a moving speech David Foster Wallace gave to arts graduates in 2005. He began his address – entitled This Is Water – by describing two fish swimming: “There are these two young fish swimming along, and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the other way, who nods at them and says, "Morning, boys, how's the water?" And the two young fish swim on for a bit, and then eventually one of them looks over at the
other and goes, "What the hell is water?"...” I shouldn’t imagine the sight of Derby’s homeless would immediately bring you to think of swimming fish, but perhaps it should. As Foster Wallace notes, “...the immediate point of the fish story is that the most obvious, ubiquitous, important realities are often the ones that are the hardest to see and talk about.” So what is our obvious, ubiquitous and important reality? It is that across England there are over 4,000 people sleeping rough on any one night (Homeless Link, 2017). At the time of writing, there were no accurate figures available for those specifically without shelter in Derby. It’s a notoriously difficult business to collate figures on individuals who are, by necessity, exceedingly nomadic – but it has been suggested that the East Midlands saw a 23% rise in rough sleeping during 2016 (Homeless Link). Suffice to say, that it would be particularly surprising if Derby bucked this regional trend, given that there was an almost total cut in funding for the homeless in the city in April 2013 (Derby Telegraph). There’s a popular anecdotal experience many Derbeians like to share about St Peter’s Street; namely that it’s a near no-go area due – in part – to the volume of begging that colloquially appears to happen in the area. The momentary irritation that begging can encourage is commonly felt, so commonly felt that for some our collective lack of understanding towards those in need risks becoming a default setting. Luckily for us, there are those out there who do offer a hand in supporting those in need. They are there when – perhaps – we, collectively, are not. In Derby, The Padley Centre is possibly the most well-known institution caring for the homeless. Padley is joined by Derby City
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Mission, who’s own cause was massively assisted by a recent fundraising ultraendurance challenge that we drew attention
after losing its government funding. We are doing everything we can to raise as much money as possible but we need your help
out, totally wrong and deluded. Here's one example of the utter wrongness of something I tend to be automatically sure of: everything
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in my own immediate experience supports my deep belief that I am the absolute centre of the universe, the realest, most vivid and important person in existence. We rarely talk about this sort of natural, basic selfcentredness, because it's so socially repulsive, but it's pretty much the same for all of us, deep down. It is our default setting, hardwired into our boards at birth.”
As great as it is to see these institutions tackle an issue that’s widely ignored, the existence of their support cannot be relied upon as if it will always be there. That will simply never be the case. Find that difficult to believe? Well, in May The Padley Centre’s continued operation was revealed to be under threat. The centre recently took to its Facebook page to ask for help: “The Homeless, vulnerable and destitute of Derby desperately need your help. Padley faces the real possibility of closing it's doors
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Without the support offered by groups like Padley, society’s most vulnerable individuals could be left truly alone. Not just ignored by uninterested and irritated passers-by, but left out in the cold because the people who have offered an olive branch no longer have one to give. I’d like to think that as a city, we could start working to avoid reflecting another of David Foster Wallace’s observations: “A huge percentage of the stuff that I tend to be automatically certain of is, it turns
Perhaps when you consider this notion, you might consider your own default setting. Do you offer an olive branch, however small, to those people the Padley Centre supports? Or, like me, do you all too often operate under the assumption that you are the centre of the world? - IN
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3 UNCONVENTIONAL IDEAS TO HELP SUPPORT THE HUMANS YOU SHARE DERBY WITH #1 ACTUALLY BUY THE BIG ISSUE You get our magazine for free, so why not divert a small amount of money in the direction of your favourite Big Issue seller? After all, The Big Issue offers people facing poverty and exclusion the opportunity to earn their own money; a livelihood. This is not you giving your money away; you're exchanging it for goods. The Big Issue's mission is admirable and needs your support.
#2 ACTUALLY SUPPORT LOCAL CHARITIES Here are three; 1. The Padley Centre - founded in 1985 to work with the most deprived and vulnerable people in our City regardless of gender, politics, race or religion. 2. Headway - A local organisation providing a range of support services for brain injured people, 3. Children First - providing support and mentoring for families.
#3 ACTUALLY CONSIDER THE SITUATION OTHER HUMANS FIND THEMSELVES IN Take a second out of your busy life and think about the set of circumstances that may have led to the person you just ignored needing to brave the streets. It probably wasn't an experience that placed high on their list of to dos earlier in life.
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LEIGH TIMMIS: IN HIS OWN WORDS
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IN SUMMER 2010, LEIGH TIMMIS LEFT DERBY TO CYCLE AROUND THE WORLD. HE WOULDN'T RETURN HOME FOR SEVEN YEARS. THIS IS HIS STORY, BROKEN DOWN INTO DIGESTIBLE CHUNKS. BEST MOMENT: Pokhara, Nepal. If I ever encountered a moment of enlightenment, it was here. After leaving the safety of Europe, navigating the minefield of visas to cross the Middle East and Central Asia, and being arrested on the frozen Tibetan Plateau, I sat in the foothills of the Himalayas with reflection on what I had achieved. I had ridden a bicycle from my home in the grey, industrial East Midlands of England to the incense and prayer flags of Nepal’s temples. It was huge, I had pedalled myself to another world. From that moment, there was no doubt in my mind that I could, and that I would, circumnavigate the world by bike.
WORST MOMENT: Solitude on the bike can be the most wonderful time for self contemplation, almost a kind of meditation. But, at times, loneliness can be incredibly destructive. Struggling with heartbreak through South East Asia, in countries where I couldn’t communicate with locals and in the peak of monsoon season, the cycle of negative thoughts that spun through the mind all day, every day drove me to insanity. I struggled hugely to motivate myself to continue and it is probably only due to the strangers I met in the road that I carried on through this time.
MOST MEMORABLE MOMENT: From New Zealand I had the opportunity to sail to Fiji. I was staying on a yacht called Wonderland with an elderly captain who was urging me to sail on a different yacht to Australia with her. The other yacht, Nina, was having maintenance done on the engine, which I helped with for a couple of weeks, asking daily whether I could sail with them but being turned down. Still, I became friends with them all, we went on adventures in kayaks across the bay and on drinking missions in nautical bars. The day
before they sailed we ate dinner together in the yacht club where the wife of the captain asked if I would sail with them after all. However, I’d made plans to meet friends so I decided to stay on Wonderland and wait for my friends to return, we would sail to Fiji together two weeks later. The day of their arrival came and went with no sign of my friends. As rumours began to circulate, it turned out that a few days after departure, they ran into a huge storm which shredded their sails and they went out of contact. A search and rescue mission was launched but nothing was ever recovered, my seven friends lost at sea. It became one of the biggest international news stories at the time and I was waiting on the boat for the lost owner to return. I should have been on that boat. I will never look at the ocean in the same way again. Every decision, no matter how small, can change our lives forever.
MOST FRIGHTENING: A couple of weeks after losing my friends in the sailing disaster, I found another boat on which to sail to Fiji. To sail out into the ocean that had taken my friends was a difficult decision but we were well prepared with an experienced crew, myself and two others in a 54 foot yacht. After a few days in the South Pacific we didn’t pick up any weather forecasts and ran into a storm that lasted 2 days. We worked 4 hour shifts each at the helm without autopilot and with only basic equipment. The day shifts were terrifying, exhausting, the night shifts worse; monstrous waves, 3 storeys high, crashing over the boat and wind howling through the rigging. I struggled to keep the boat straight in the dark and cold, the safety of the sleeping crew in my hands, thoughts of what happened to my friends in my mind. We survived, and on the reverse, to sail into calm waters and arrive at land after nine days at sea is an incomparable feeling of being alive.
MOST DIFFICULT: At 5000 metres plus, in winter, the world becomes a frigid inhospitable place for a cyclist but it was in these conditions that I crossed Tibet. Walking onto frozen rivers, smashing holes in the ice to collect water, cycling into furious wind and sand storms, struggling to breathe in the low oxygen, and often pushing a heavily laden bike across corrugation and through sand in areas of the world devoid of life. Physics of the world change at this altitude, elastic 13
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becomes solid, water becomes Super Glue on bottle threads, breath freezes in beards and inside tents and wind bites the skin. With exception of the conditions, I had broken into this prohibited area of the world and I was evading military and police contact, living like a fugitive. The hardship lasted three weeks before I was caught and escorted to Nepal by the Chinese police.
MOST INSPIRATIONAL: I’m constantly inspired by the people of the world and through these people I have truly seen the world. From the incredible artists, musicians, sports personalities and doctors who share their skills, to the farmers and nomads who share their homes and meals. The kindness of strangers that I have experienced is a constant reminder of how incredible humanity is, and I have been invited to stay in stranger’s homes, share dinner or tea in each of the fifty countries I have cycled through, often being given all that the poor have to offer, to sleep in their only bed or eat the only piece of meat they have. For a cyclist who left home on a solitary 14
journey, this has been the most incredible surprise and inspiration.
MOST STUPID THING: There are two sides to Singapore, the incredibly poor and the incredibly rich. I usually experience the former on the road, however, in Singapore I met up with a friend from London who worked in a large advertising agency. We spent Christmas together, attending every party with an open bar. One particular party concluded at “Four Floors of Whores”, where we went straight to the top floor and in a drunken state, I spoke with great interest with all the prostitutes. We went outside to continue drinking in the street, where I met another ladyboy who let me try on her knee high boots, she held my can of beer as I strutted up and down the street in high heels. I returned and continued to drink. It was the last thing I remember. Retrospectively, I assume I was drugged. I woke up the next day on my friend’s sofa in the embrace of the high heeled ladyboy, who was urgently coerced out of the apartment. Only later that day I found myself to be missing my wallet, money, ID and credit cards. A friend
bought me a flight to Australia and I had to call my mum to explain what had happened and organise borrowing money from a family friend.
FAVOURITE PLACE: I am drawn to places where I feel my insignificance in nature, to have my worries put into perspective and to truly realise the possibilities and limitations of man. Often these experiences are incredibly difficult, pushing my personal limits and I regularly only find true enjoyment in reflection from a place of comfort. To endure extremes of cold and altitude in Tibet, to cross Australia’s arid desert dust tracks in great heat, and to sail through storms in the South Pacific. To experience great hunger and great thirst, to push my limits, to survive and to learn.
GREATEST LESSON: How we take for granted the basic necessities of life in the western world. - IN You can read our exclusive interview with Leigh during June, via thisisin.co.uk.
LIFE
MEET THE SPEEDY SPANISH CYCLIST WHO SWAPPED CATALONIA FOR KEDLESTON ROAD BY OLLIE BURROWS (WRITER, IN)
WE ALWAYS KNEW DERBY WAS FULL OF INTERESTING CHARACTERS. IT’S PART OF THE REASON WE STARTED THIS MAGAZINE, BUT EVEN WE’VE BEEN SURPRISED BY WHO WE’VE MET SINCE OUR LAUNCH LAST YEAR. Research for previous issues has helped us uncover all sorts of surprising, but incredibly talented Derby residents. This latest issue has proved no exception as we met Spanish cyclist, and Team Raleigh member, Adrià Moreno who perhaps unexpectedly lives in the Kedleston Road area of the city. Described by his Team Raleigh boss, Cherie Pridham, as “a very versatile rider,” 25-year-old Adrià has already seen plenty of success in his career. Last year he won the prestigious Spring Cup, whilst also amassing the most points from all the Premier Calendar events (Elite Men’s Road Race Series) for 2016. Whilst it may feel like a cliché to meet a Spaniard in a tapas bar, that’s exactly what we did. We sat down to chew the fat (along with some bloody great food) and got to know each other at Lorentes on Friar Gate. Originally from Catalonia, Adrià made the move to Derby to be closer to Team Raleigh’s base in the city and also to use the surrounding areas for training. The climbing specialist explained why Derbyshire’s ‘flatter mountains’ made it a particularly beneficial place for him to train. Adrià: “There’s plenty of hills and it’s very quiet to the north of Derbyshire. I prefer the long hills, rather than steep, it’s better for my skills.
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ADRIA MORENO - PHOTO COPYRIGHT TEAM RALEIGH GAC “In Spain they may have more mountains, but you go up and then you come back down. Here it’s constant climbing and coming back down the hill, meaning you never have time to rest.” Whilst the nature of his competitions don’t require him to go out on many long rides, when he does get chance he says he likes to visit places on the edge, or just outside of the county. Adrià: “I ride in a lot of criteriums (closed circuit racing ranging from about 500m to 1000m) and you need to focus your training into an hour.” “When I get the chance for a longer ride I like go to places like Uttoxeter, Tamworth or maybe Buxton which is very nice in the summer, but I do most of my very long rides when I go back home to Spain.” Although his training may involve a high level of intensity, Adrià explains that it is his love for the sport that keeps him going. Adrià: “I enjoy it as much as when I first started. When you enjoy what you do it is easier and you can become much better." “We travel around a lot as a team and I know a lot of people, which is another thing I like about cycling. You get to meet people and see new things and different places."
Riding for such a recognisable team, Adrià enjoys the prestige but also understands the responsibility of being associated with Team Raleigh. Adrià: “People are very complimentary and I seem to get a lot of support wherever I go. Team Raleigh is a big name, especially being based locally. I often get stopped and asked about how we’re doing." “There’s also the responsibility of being respectful on the roads when training because all other cyclists in England know the team. You don’t want anything to reflect badly on your team.” Despite performing well in recent months, Adrià explains how he wants to chalk up more victories to follow up his Spring Cup win in 2016. Adrià: “I wanted to try and win one race because last year I won the Spring Cup. I’ve been consistent in races, but I’ve not had the wins." “I have more experience, I have good team mates who are all very strong riders and we’ve done very well as a team. It’s great to have this success as a team but I also hope that one of the victories will be mine.” He states his intent with cool determination and we’re sure that victory won’t be far off. We’ll be cheering Adrià on all the way. - IN
CULTURE
THIS IS HOW TO TURN YOUR MUSIC INTO A BUSINESS BY EMMA SHAW (GUEST WRITER, IN)
STORMZY RECENTLY TOLD US ALL IN “BIG FOR YOUR BOOTS” THAT THIS YEAR HE LEARNT HOW TO TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS, AND NEXT YEAR HE PLANS TO LEARN HOW TO PLAY THE GUITAR.
#2 REGISTER WITH PRS & PPL
Musicians have a tendency to focus on their art and think about everything else later, but it’s worth remembering that we all have a legitimate skill that when appropriate can (and should) be charged for. Whether you make music as a hobby or it is your sole source of income, it’s important to do as Stormzy did and learn how to take care of business.
#3 LEAVE YOUR EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT IN THE STUDIO
#1 TELL THE TAX MAN There are so many myths surrounding HMRC’s rules on what constitutes as a sole trader, which leads to many musicians earning money outside of their day job without notifying the tax man. You don’t need me to tell you that this can potentially be quite bad, so take my advice and register with the HMRC as soon as you can if you’re planning on making and performing music for the long haul.
If you’re not signed up with any of these, you’re missing a trick. Registering your recordings can enable you to earn money from sources such as streams and radio airplay, and you are even entitled to various amounts from each gig you play (free or paid), depending on the size of the venue.
One of the best pieces of advice I’ve heard this year was at the University of Derby during their free Music Production Show in March. I attended a Q&A on sustaining an income from music in the digital age. The panel consisted of industry figures including a representative from the Musician’s Union, and Baby J from the incredible Baby People, who offer invaluable support and creative education to young people across Derby. The latter told us that once we leave the studio, we should leave behind our emotional attachment to the art we have created, and begin treating it as a product. To be essentially flogged — like Del Boy at the market. (He didn’t say that last bit). This makes a lot of sense, as it allows you
to cope with potential setbacks or negative critics. If you treat your music as a product once it leaves the studio, rather than a small piece of your heart, you’re much more unlikely to ride an emotional roller-coaster and more likely to promote and sell it to the level it deserves.
#4 “It’ll be great exposure” Know when a gig is a rip off, and when playing something for charity or as a favour could actually be beneficial to you. If a venue stipulates that in order to play you’ll need to bring along fifty people, a buffet and a small elephant in return for five pounds, it’s probably a rip off and a waste of your time. Always factor in travel and accommodation costs too, when evaluating if a gig further afield is worth your while. We all love performing and in an ideal world where money literally did grow on trees, we’d happily play for free until the end of time. Unfortunately that’s not the case. Don’t ever be scared or nervous to enquire about live performance fees. Every musician - big or small - deserves to be paid by venues and festivals that can afford it. - IN
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A JUDGEMENT IN STONE (DERBY THEATRE)
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ROMEO & JULIET (MARKEATON PARK)
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Motor-mouthed star of TV's Storage Hunters comes to Derby.
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DERBY COMIC CON (THE ROUNDHOUSE)
DERBY NIGHT MARKET (CATHEDRAL QUARTER)
FOUR FIGHTERS (THE FLOWERPOT)
All hail geek culture!
The popular market brings out over 200 stallholders onto the streets of Derby.
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WHAT'S ON
WHAT TO WATCH IN DERBS, THEN? BY JAMES HOPKA, (SENIOR WRITER, IN)
JUNE SEES YET ANOTHER BATCH OF ECLECTIC RELEASES THAT WILL HAVE MOVIE FANS SHUNNING THE LIGHT AND HEADING INTO THE DARKNESS AT CINEMAS ACROSS DERBY. Speaking of darkness, this month sees Universal Pictures launch its ‘Dark Universe’ series of films that will see the famous studio try to emulate the success of the mighty cinematic comic book franchises we’ve seen dominate our cinema screens in recent years. Universal will delve into its rich history to reboot iconic characters including Dracula, Frankenstein and The Wolf Man - but first up will be this month’s release of The Mummy. Last seen battling the likeable but clownish Brendan Fraser in the early noughties, the bandaged-wrapped monster returns for an altogether more serious dust up with everyone’s favourite scientologist, Tom Cruise. Interestingly, Russell Crowe also features as Dr. Henry Jekyll, a role that will more than likely help link this to future films in the series. June also sees a pair of highly anticipated biographical films about two very different famous figures. Firstly, Churchill sees Brian Cox (no, not the professor) play Winston Churchill in the days leading up
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to the Allied D-Day landings in Normandy, France in June, 1944. Fearful of repeating his deadly mistakes from World War I in the Battle of Gallipoli, exhausted by years of war, plagued by depression and obsessed with his historical destiny, Churchill is reluctant to embark on the large-scale campaign, one that the entire war effort hinges upon.
of animated films has been just as much a hit with adults as it has with kids, not least down to the funny looking Minion creatures which pop up on social media feeds thousands of times a day.
The film will show how Churchill clashed with his Allied political opponents and explore how the support of his devoted wife, Clementine, halted his physical and mental collapse.
achieves world domination. Added to the mix will be the appearance of Gru’s long- lost, and much more successful, twin brother Dru.
Meanwhile, All Eyez on Me will tell the true and apparently ‘untold’ story of the prolific rapper Tupac Shakur. Following Shakur from his early days in New York City, the film maps his rise and evolution into one of the world's most recognized and influential voices before his untimely death at the age of 25 in 1996. It will also aim to shed light on his tumultuous and ultimately deadly feud with Biggie Smalls and his time working with the infamous Suge Knight at Death Row Records. Much like the portrayal of NWA in 2015’s ‘Straight Outta Compton’ expect this one to be fairly biased in favour of an often hugely controversial artist. However, if it matches that film for entertainment value, you certainly won’t want to miss it. Whilst these previous two films might sound a bit heavy, Despicable Me 3 is likely to provide some welcome light entertainment this month. The wildly successful series
The third instalment will see Gru (Steve Carrell) and his wife Lucy (Kirsten Wiig) try to stop evil former ‘80s child star Balthazar Bratt (South Park’s Trey Parker) before he
Steering away from kid friendly cinema will be Edgar Wright’s latest effort, Baby Driver. The director made his name with TV sitcom Spaced and the popular ‘Cornetto Trilogy’ starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. He returns with a fastpaced action movie that looks set to be a cross between Drive and Point Break. The film introduces getaway driver Baby (Ansel Elgort) who relies on the beat of his personal soundtrack to stay ahead of the cops. After meeting the woman (Lily James) of his dreams, he sees a chance to ditch his shady lifestyle and make a clean break. Baby looks set to do one last job, but crime kingpin Doc (Kevin Spacey) and his associates (including Jon Hamm and Jamie Foxx) have other plans. Edgar Wright has stated his intention to create something ‘spikier’ than most current action movies, so expect this to have a harder and more serious edge than the likes of The Fast & The Furious films. - IN
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LIFE
THE ODDEST PLACE YOU'LL FIND SCANDINAVIA BY HOLLIE ROWSON-DILKS (WRITER, IN)
HEALTHY BUT WHOLESOME, A NEW CITY CENTRE CAFÉ IS SET TO BRING A SCANDINAVIAN-STYLE FEEL GOOD VIBE TO DERBY. Run by the mother and daughter team Sarah and Olivia Pritchard, Rask recently opened its doors at the front of Sadler Bridge Studios at the bottom of Sadler Gate. No strangers to running successful businesses in the city, Sarah and Olivia are the team behind a number of cafés and eateries you may already be familiar with including Bean Caffe, The Docks Eatery and Hide Burger Bar. Each of their establishments has its own approach and identity, so we sat down with Sarah to discuss the Danish inspiration behind their latest venture. Sarah: “There’s lots of cafés in the Sadler Gate area, and around the city centre, so we needed to do something that would set us apart. “We recently took a trip to Copenhagen and were inspired by the feel good vibe of both the cafés and the food they offered. The Danish are well known for their happy and healthy lifestyle and we wanted to bring a little bit of ‘Hygge’ to Derby.”
Hygee (pronounced hoo-ga) is a Danish word that is not only difficult to pronounce, but also hard to articulate. It’s essentially a feeling of happiness that can be summed up as a calm, comfortable time with a complete absence of frustration or anything emotionally overwhelming. Located at the front of an office building, Rask’s relaxing atmosphere will likely provide a welcome oasis away from the fully laden desks of city centre workers. With the opening of Rask, the front of Sadler Bridge Studios has certainly undergone a fantastic transformation. Sarah and Olivia have created a space that will be more than comfortable over the coming summer months and nice and cosy when the weather turns a bit cooler. Customers can also sit outside and soak up the sun that shines throughout the day on the front of the building, in one of the busiest areas of the city’s Cathedral Quarter. Sarah: “When we visited Copenhagen all the cafés seemed very laid back, but that lack of pretentiousness meant they were also very warm and welcoming and that was something we wanted to create. “We’re well used to running cafés set within office buildings and have learnt much from operating within Friar Gate Studios and Riverside Chambers. At those locations we’ve
helped bring many of the office’s tenants together by giving them a space to come and relax and get to know each other, all whilst enjoying something to eat or drink.” As well as providing a place to ‘get away from it all,’ Rask offers a healthy menu packed full of nutritious goodness. Whether you’re hard at work or spending a busy day shopping in the city centre, you’ll likely find all you need to set you up for the day. Breakfast and lunch dishes combine healthy ingredients such as grains, seeds, pulses, beans, root vegetables and salads for food that boosts energy levels but remains incredibly tasty. Sarah: “Healthy eating is on the up and people now have a much greater understanding about how they can improve their diets by making sure they eat food packed with proteins, good carbs and antioxidants. “Our menus aim to cater for that, with freshly made sandwiches, salads and dishes that are not only deliciously nutritious but will also make sure you leave feeling full!” “Of course, there are times you might just want a treat and we’ll always have a selection of cakes and comfort foods that will go down well with a cup of tea or our specially roasted coffee.” - IN
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